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E-Type Asteroid (2867) Steins as Imaged by OSIRIS on Board Rosetta

Jorda, L.; Bertaux, J. -L.; Lamy, P. +44 more

The European Space Agency’s Rosetta mission encountered the main-belt asteroid (2867) Steins while on its way to rendezvous with comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko. Images taken with the OSIRIS (optical, spectroscopic, and infrared remote imaging system) cameras on board Rosetta show that Steins is an oblate body with an effective spherica…